10 FACTS ON BOLOGNA V AC MILAN

The first game of the second half of the season, with AC Milan leading the league at the halfway point, is upon us. Now, however, the season is reaching its climax. The Rossoneri take on Siniša Mihajlović's Bologna at the Dall'Ara on matchday 20 in Serie A. After the home defeat to Atalanta, it's fundamental that AC Milan get back to winning ways. Ahead of kick-off at 15:00 CET, here are some stats and facts on the match.

HEAD-TO-HEAD
1-  AC Milan have scored the most goals against Bologna in Serie A: 231 in 145 games.

RECORD IN BOLOGNA
2- AC Milan are unbeaten in their last 14 Serie A away matches against Bologna (10W, 4D). In Bologna's history, only Juventus have gone on a longer unbeaten run away at the Rossoblù (17 games in an ongoing run).

CURRENT FORM
3- AC Milan have 18 more points (43 v 25) than they did after 19 games in 2019/20; this is the biggest improvement of any team in Serie A at this point of the season in the three-points-per-win era, level with Benevento this season too (22 v 4 in 2017/18).
4- AC Milan could win nine of the first ten away games in a Serie A season for the first time in their history; only Napoli (2017/18) and Juventus (2018/19) have ever achieved this feat in the top flight.
5- AC Milan can set the absolute record for scoring in consecutive Serie A away games; they are currently on a run of 19 games, level with the streak between March 1992 and April 1993.

GENERAL STATS
6- 38% of AC Milan's goals (15/39) in the current campaign have been scored in the first 30 minutes of games. Only Fiorentina have a higher percentage in this regard (40%). On the other hand, 36% of the goals conceded by Bologna (12/33) have come in the first half an hour of games, only less than Benevento (42%) and Atalanta (39%).

PLAYER FOCUS
7- Zlatan Ibrahimović (499) is just one away from his 500th career goal in club football in all competitions: most of these were scored with PSG (156), with AC Milan in second on 81.
8- Ibrahimović has had a hand in seven goals (five goals and two assists) against Bologna in an AC Milan shirt in the league, he hasn't had more goal involvements against any other side with the Rossoneri in Serie A - level with Cagliari and Inter.
9- In the Coppa Italia game against Inter, Fikayo Tomori became the first English player to feature for AC Milan since David Beckham (last game on 14/03/2010).

COACHES
10- Stefano Pioli has won eight of his 11 Serie A games against Bologna as a coach (2D, 1L).

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